spending more of the inheritance on him. The adaptation of Bledsoe"s book, Honor Thy Mother, aired in April 1992. Since the murder, Bonnie Von Stein has returned to Winston-Salem, where she lives with her son. spending more of the inheritance on him. Air Date -- Pictured: Blythe Danner as Bonnie Von Stein -- Photo by: Bruce Birmelin/NBCU Photo Bank. friends revealed that James Upchurch and Neal Henderson, other D&D read more, In Paris, France, on July 25, 1917, the exotic dancer Mata Hari is sentenced to death by a French court for spying on Germanys behalf during World War I. He drove straight to the chief's house. The Von Steins met while working at Integon Corp. as programmers. With its psychological ruminations, Cruel Doubt is first and foremost the portrait of a wildly dysfunctional family. into a state witness, prosecutors persuaded Chris to plead guilty to They were doing poorly in school. Crone showed the book to Taylor when he came into his office Monday morning to tell him that one of Chris's closest friends at N.C. State had a criminal record. Von Stein, an executive with the National Spinning Co., and his wife were attacked while sleeping inside their comfortable two-story house before dawn July 26, 1988, by a man Bonnie Von Stein can only recall as broad-shouldered. The 1992 book Blood Games by Jerry Bledsoe was View Bonnie Von Stein results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. In a deal with prosecutors, the two men were allowed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, rather than face first-degree murder charges, in exchange for testifying against Upchurch. Enlisting the help of friends James Bartlett Upchurch I thought, Good Lord, this is really wonderful, but what if I can't solve the Von Stein case?'. intent to kill or do serious injury. sisters, Carrie and Alexandra. mother and sister had passed). The collegians' conversation was recounted in Pasquotank Superior Court in Elizabeth City this month, where Henderson, 22, and Pritchard, 21, took the stand and pointed to Upchurch as the man who carried out the deed in a bizarre murder-for-money plot. find Leith and Bonnie Von Stein stabbed and beaten in their home. Fifty-one passengers and crew were killed in the collision, which ripped a great hole in the broad side of the Italian read more, During the Spanish-American War, U.S. forces launch their invasion of Puerto Rico, the approximately 110-mile-long, 35-mile-wideisland that was one of Spains two principal possessions in the Caribbean. In another, "rich kid trying to get richer" story, Andrew Wamsley, along with his girlfriend Chelsea Richardson and friend Susana Toledano, murdered Andrew's parents, Rick and Suzanna Wamsley in aims of collecting on their $1.65M estate. released on TV in April 1992 under the name Honor Thy Mother. He and Reynolds compared the two, and a smile began to spread across Taylor's face. Here, let us show you.' With little resistance and only seven deaths, U.S. troops under General read more, On July 25, 1943, Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, is voted out of power by his own Grand Council and arrested upon leaving a meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele, who tells Il Duce that the war is lost. He is the first son of Joanne Ensley Upchurch (deceased) and James Bartlett Upchurch World War II Two books were written about this case: Joe McGinniss" Cruel Doubt (1991) and Jerry Bledsoe"s Blood Games (1992). ``Yeah, the plan was there for someone to get hurt. That scheme was scratched because the Army-Navy surplus store was closed. In preparation, Pritchard laced a meal of grilled hamburgers with crumpled tablets of Sominex, a sleeping aid. They used drugs. A Division of NBCUniversal. The Menendez brothers might be the most famous on our list. attention to Chris, who refused to take a polygraph test (which his relationship with his two stepchildren, Angela and her older brother, Bledsoe does a remarkably vivid job of portraying Neal Henderson, the genius-IQ conspirator who drove Upchurch to the murder - and who, there are hints, may have done more. Angela, Bonnie's 18-year-old daughter, was found in the next room; she said . Six months after Lieth Von Stein's murder, the case was still unsolved . She lived, but her husband, Leith, who was stabbed in the heart, died instantly. Upchurch said he was ``appalled and shocked at the verdict' and was surprised the jury listened to ``two confessed murderers.'. He went into his mother's room, she said, stayed a few minutes, and when he came out she went over and hugged him. need your help for this. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. plans and enthusiasm Guilford school board to GOP: We want someone else. A young man turns the death of his parents into a game. ``The son-of-bitch drew the map,' Taylor said to himself in amazement. He had been intrigued by mentions in the investigative reports of Chris playing Dungeons and Dragons. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Now Taylor was even more intrigued. ', When a bloody Upchurch returned to the car, Henderson said, he remarked: ``I did it, I can't believe I did it. Beyond that, he'd had no further role in the case, and had not kept up with the day-to-day details of the investigation. Hoping the murder plot was an ``elaborate joke,' Henderson dropped Upchurch off near the Von Stein house, he testified, then grew panicky at the realization something sinister was afoot. Peggy gave him a ride to Smallwood. Bonnie Von Stein survived. of 1 she had slept through the brutal attack. When pressured, some of Chris' Then the visits stopped and Henderson wouldn't return messages. Foreign these crimes, he was sentenced on January 30, 1990, respectively, to death, 20 years, 6 years and life.Upchurch"s death sentence was set aside on October 1, 1992, and he was re-sentenced to life.He will not be eligible for parole until 2022. Detective work and some quirks of fate revealed the murder to be planned by Chris Pritchard, Bonnie's son by a previous marriage. find Leith and Bonnie Von Stein stabbed and beaten in their home. Got a confidential news tip? Bledsoe's Blood Games (1992). Police responding to an emergency call in Washington, North Carolina, find Lieth and Bonnie Von Stein stabbed and beaten in their home. He was immediately more interested in pursuing the new information on James Upchurch. After finishing the reports and having noted that Bonnie's son, Chris, had declined to take the polygraph test, Crone's\ FROM A1 impression of the case was the same as those of the officers who had worked it without success. A devotee of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Chris often Stein in hopes of winning a US$2 million inheritance. appeared to have been staged as though to suggest a robbery. Peggy told him that Bonnie had been in Washington just the day before to take care of some business, and had spent the afternoon in the Von Stein house. Lieth was not so lucky. re-sentenced to life. A hunting knife, some clothing, and Upchurch said Pritchard and Henderson 'loaded the scales of justice.'. On the morning of July 25th, 1988, Christopher Wayne Pritchard walked into the bedroom of his stepfather, Leith Von Stein and mother Bonnie, with a knife and club and murdered Leith, leaving Bonnie with severe injuries. On Thursday, March 16, Taylor drove to Raleigh armed with the subpoena to see the document bearing Chris's handwriting. That got worse at N.C. State, he said. Always wants to do a good job.'. Both were made into television movies.The miniseries Cruel Doubt was released in May 1992.The adaptation of Bledsoe"s book, Honor Thy Mother, aired in April 1992. Doubt by Joe McGinniss was released on TV in May 1992 as a 2-part Lieth was dead, but Bonnie, barely clinging to life, somehow survived. The more she read the more excited Crone became. I never want to see that much blood again for the rest of my life.'. After talking with Newsom, he called back the detective in Caswell County to tell him about the warrants. The trial was moved from Beaufort County because of pretrial publicity. The victims had been invited to view the process of transporting large and weighty loads of stone when a cable on a vacant read more, On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the worlds first baby to be conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) is born at Oldham and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents Lesley and Peter Brown. Deputies in Davidson County rushed to help a 69-year-old man they'd found unresponsive in his house following a welfare check. We have many (History.com) July 25, 1988 - Police responding to an emergency call in Washington, North Carolina, find Lieth and Bonnie Von Stein stabbed and beaten in their home. of murder in 1990 and sentenced to death. His choice: John Crone, an amicable deputy police chief from Ocean City, Md. (born November 25, 1968) is an American man convicted for masterminding Upchurch, the son of a social services administrator, studied alongside him in classes for the academically gifted. mother and sister had passed). Air Date -- Pictured: Blythe Danner as Bonnie Von Stein, Gwyneth Paltrow as Angela Pritchard -- Photo by: Bruce Birmelin/NBCU Photo Bank. Both attended Bartlett Yancey High School. Then, about to face trial, possibly for his own life, Pritchard confessed to his family and authorities, corroborating a confession already delivered by Henderson last summer. It was after dark when Taylor got back to Washington. A devotee of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Chris often When she said Bonnie had described the shadowy attacker as young and strong, Chris responded, ``You mean it could have been one of my best friends?'. Aug 19, 1991 Updated Jan 23, 2015. His instructions were simple and twofold: Straighten out the department and solve the town's most glaring crime, the murder of Lieth Von Stein. When read more, On July 25, 1941, the American automaker Henry Ford sits down at his desk in Dearborn, Michigan and writes a letter to the Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. was dead, but Bonnie, barely clinging to life, somehow survived. Chris, both of whom were known drug users. Reynolds' office and fetched the photograph of the burned map from his briefcase. We suggest that it is better to investigate any false information than to believe it.One should not give too much importance to anyone's nonsense. His father, an astrologer named Chaney, abandoned the family, and his mother, a spiritualist and music teacher, remarried. His wife Bonnie was severely injured and scarcely survived, while teen-age daughter Angela slept unharmed in a nearby room. Upchurch, she told him, was one of her biggest headaches, still getting into trouble, never showing up for appointments. the attempted murder of his mother Bonnie Von Stein and the murder of He had photographed the body and the house, then had helped SBI Agent Lewis Young gather evidence at the scene, because no SBI crime lab was available. A hunting knife, some clothing, and a scrap of paper with a map of the Von Steins neighborhood were recovered from the remains of the fire. Little about the case had made sense to Crone before, but now he realized that the game offered a rational scenario for the murder. ``Kind of lean. Leith was dead, but Bonnie, barely clinging to life, somehow survived. key and the map to the house where Upchurch had killed Leith Von Stein. Taylor left the meeting with another question answered. She thought that she smelled diesel fuel on him, she said, and mentioned it to him. Despite his misgivings, Taylor went to talk with District Attorney Mitchell Norton about getting a subpoena for the card, primarily to appease the chief, and Mitchell issued it. He attended the N.C. School of Math and Science his junior year in high school and had skipped two grades. million dollars. Very dedicated. Lieth was dead, but Bonnie, barely clinging to life,. Chris testified that he had supplied a Reportedly, Chris was bitter toward his stepfather for not Fear and ignorance breed the sort of mindless propaganda that inspire garbage like this film. Moreover, no attempt had been made to connect Chris to the partially burned, hand-drawn map that had been found with the burned clothing and the knife in Pitt County. Bonnie Von Stein, sleeping in the same bed next to her husband, was severely battered in the head and has undergone two rounds of plastic surgery. He'd been told that the police department was a mess. ``He was and is the brightest star of the young people in the department,' Radford said of Taylor after Radford had left the job of city manager. He was referring to Von Stein's stepson, Christopher Wayne Pritchard, and Gerald Neal Henderson, who have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting, second-degree murder and aiding and abetting assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Crone took office on February 1, 1989, amidst great hoopla in the local media. Bonnie has trouble de Read allLieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. James Bartlett Upchurch III (born August 17, 1968) is an American man convicted for the murder of Lieth Von Stein and the assault with intent to kill of Bonnie Von Stein on July 25th, 1988, in Washington, NC. Though the brother's defense included accusations of child abuse, their second trial (after the first ended in a mistrial) left the two brothers with a life sentence in prison without the option for parole. Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. ``Then James said that he and Chris had an idea, a plan for Chris to come into his inheritance early,' according to Henderson. But while Bledsoe's thoroughness is sometimes plodding, it results in a more detailed portrait of the twisted trio who spawned and executed the idea for the brutal crime while students at North Carolina State University. attacked so that Bonnie's son, Christopher Wayne Upchurch was found guilty of first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, conspiracy to commit murder and burglary, larceny and burglary as part of a conspiracy to kill Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Lou Bates Von Stein, to gain part of Von Stein's $2 million estate. Bonnie Von Stein survived. . But Watts did not allow the jury to hear her testimony. that Leith had inherited over a million dollars shortly before he was You have permission to edit this article. She and Bonnie had had a long talk. The healthy baby was delivered shortly before midnight by read more, At 11:10 p.m., 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm collide in a heavy Atlantic fog. Beloved wife of Steven Stein. The police also found out 69-year-old suffers stroke in his home; Realtor showing house leaves him there. Lieth was not so lucky. Reviewed By Ken Berg Of The Sentinel Staff. degree (aiding and abetting) and assault with a deadly weapon with James Bartlett Upchurch III was born Christopher "Chris" W. Pritchard Now their suspicions had been confirmed. On the morning of July 25th, 1988, Christopher Wayne Pritchard walked into the bedroom of his stepfather, Leith Von Stein and mother Bonnie, with a knife and club and murdered Leith, leaving . According to trial testimony the von Steins were attacked so that Bonnie"s son, Christopher Wayne Pritchard, could inherit their estate valued at almost 2 million dollars. Man died Wednesday. He is the Pritchard was paroled on June 2, 2007. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. With Sharon Gless, William McNamara, Paul Scherrer, Christian Hoff. His co-conspirators, Chris Pritchard and Gerald Neal Henderson, were both convicted of murder in the second degree (aiding and abetting) and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or seriously injure. Copyright Jerry Bledsoe, 1991. killed. attention to Chris, who refused to take a polygraph test (which his Angela, Bonnie's 18-year-old daughter, was found in the next room; she said that she had slept through the brutal attack. This was just to be a get-acquainted session. Both were made into television movies. 69-year-old suffers stroke in his home; Realtor showing house leaves him there. He told her he'd had a rough morning and hadn't had time for a shower. ``If he shows up over there,' Taylor said, ``nail him, and call me.'. 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You can cancel at any time. The case A devotee of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Chris often vented his frustration to his fellow players at North Carolina State University. If Chris had planned the murder, and if he actually had been at N.C. State while it was taking place, as the evidence indicated, he had to have involved others, perhaps some of his drug-taking buddies at college. He took no notes, but he did form some impressions. The beginners' adventure described in the book was practically an outline for the Von Stein murder, the players being sent to a castle to kill the overlord and obtain his treasure, which they later would divide. With four in the family and three dead, Hruby is convicted of killing both of his parents after they cut him off financially and was sentenced to life in prison. miniseries of the same name. That book struck a chord with readers and helped establish true crime as a best-selling genre. Detectives caught a lucky break when a hog farmer happened to spot a fire in the woods around the time of the murder. III and Gerald Neal Henderson, Pritchard spearheaded the murder of Von There, lessons of , The much-faster-than-expected economic recovery thats followed the easing of the coronavirus pandemic has produced several encouraging develo. ', ``But Chris laughed and said, 'No, we're serious. She met Chris in the hallway outside his mother's room, and he asked her to wait for him because he might need a ride. Lieth was not so lucky. On July 24, Pritchard testified, he came up with a plan to stage accidental deaths for his family by planting a broken fuse in the electrical box, dousing the wall with gasoline and setting a fire. ``He drew the damn map.'. Get this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. The Concorde, the worlds fastest commercial jet, had enjoyed an exemplary safety record up to that point, with no crashes in read more, President Richard Nixon announces that henceforth the United States will expect its Asian allies to tend to their own military defense. ``She seemed concerned. ', Henderson says he replied: ``Isn't that a little extreme? Although Hendersons testimony was not entirely compatible, and there was no physical evidence tying him to the murder, Upchurch was convicted of murder in 1990 and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury, which also could have recommended life in prison, deliberated about 6 1/2 hours Monday and Tuesday before announcing the sentence. Upchurch was convicted of first degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or seriously injure, conspiracy to commit murder, and burglary in the first degree. He will not be eligible for parole until 2022. Police responding to an emergency call in Washington, North Carolina, find Lieth and Bonnie Von Stein stabbed and beaten in their home. The latest episode of "American Greed" tackles the subject of, "murder for money" and this week, it's all in the family. Police responding to an emergency call in Washington, North Carolina, find Leith and Bonnie Von Stein stabbed and beaten in their home. When Peggy had talked with Bonnie the day before, Bonnie told her that the police were completely off-base in their investigation because they were focusing on her family, particularly on Chris. Lieth Von Stein was stabbed to death, but Bonnie, stabbed and bludgeoned, survived. Friends in Caswell County were shocked by the allegations. In a high-profile case, the murder of American businessman Leith Von Stein rocked the state of North Carolina. Carolina on January 31, 1990, and paroled on June 2, 2007. (born November 25, 1968) is an American man convicted for masterminding Upchurch was convicted of first need your help for this. They face life imprisonment plus 20 years, instead of death. Henderson and Upchurch have known each other since their Cub Scouting days in Caswell County. The police also found out that Lieth had inherited over a million dollars shortly before he was killed. One of Chris's friends at college, James B. Upchurch III, referred to throughout the reports as Moog, had a record for breaking and entering in Caswell County. Police responding to an emergency call in Washington, North Carolina, Rather than just asking such questions, McGinniss should have researched them more fully. Kind of hungry. Yet only a couple of those had been interviewed. Not Michael Logan. He wanted to meet her, let her know that he had been assigned to the case and that the Washington police were still intent on solving it. ``At that time, I really didn't feel very good about myself and I needed friends,' he testified. Bonnie Von Stein survived. Detectives Interesting questions are tossed out in cursory fashion at the book's end. Though Toledano was ultimately the one who carried out the murders, Andrew Wamsley, along with his co-conspirators, were convicted of "capital murder" and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. View Bonnie Vonstein results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Chris and his college-student conspirators were caught up in drugs, including LSD, and fascinated with the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Henderson began parole on December 11, 2000. Though Jimmy Robertson's case didn't make national headlines, his story is well-known in the small town of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Bruce Radford, Washington's city manager, was keeping close tabs on the police department and the progress of its new chief, and he was not surprised when Crone came to him and said he planned to put the department's youngest and most inexperienced detective on the cold trail of the town's biggest murder. An official brought out the document. Not Michael Logan. Neither of them had any doubt that Chris Pritchard had sent somebody to murder his stepfather and his mother. The adaptation of Bledsoe's book, III and Gerald Neal Henderson, Pritchard spearheaded the murder of Von Washington detectives Melvin Hope and Lewis Young had turned up two important clues, however. Not Michael Logan. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone. Henderson is an academic whiz who scored 1500-plus out of a possible 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test - the highest score recorded in the county. players on campus, may have been involved in some sort of plot with If Chris had been looking for somebody to kill his parents, he might very well turn to a friend who already had been involved in crime. The detective didn't know Upchurch well, but he knew that his father had been an official with the county social services department, that his uncle was a ``hippie' who had been busted for growing marijuana. Upchurch did not testify at his trial but has insisted he is the innocent victim of a frame-up by Henderson and Pritchard. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Nebraska cheerleader competes by herself at state competition, but crowd doesn't let her feel alone. the Murderpedia project stay alive. garnered particular infamy because of the media focus on the involvement degree (aiding and abetting) and assault with a deadly weapon with Nevertheless, she gave McGinniss remarkable access. ``I want to die with as much honor and dignity as I can scrape together,' he said. Doubt by Joe McGinniss was released on TV in May 1992 as a 2-part He reached around and patted the back of her head. NEW BLOOD, OLD SUSPICIONS AND A BREAKTHROUGH. But we have collected data about her and we know that Dieter Von Stein is still alive, and enjoying his life to the fullest. When the cheerleading coach broke the news to Katrina Kohel that she was the only one left on the cheer squad, Kohel was determined to compete anyway. He was sentenced to life in North More likely, he thought, Dungeons and Dragons could have provided the associations that might have led to the plot. into a state witness, prosecutors persuaded Chris to plead guilty to The long-suffering Bonnie Von Stein is portrayed as a martyr who refuses to confront the reality of her emotions in the face of the tragedy. Bonnie Von Stein on July 25th, 1988, in Washington, NC. Thank you very much in advance. He went to the detective division, got all the reports on the case, and began poring through them. Lieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. Bonnie von Stein reconciled with her son, Chris, before his trial, in 1990, and remains close to him, today. All Photos Tagged bonnievonstein. Watts sentenced Upchurch to die April 6, 1990, but he gets an automatic appeal to the state Supreme Court. Previous to Bonnie's current city of Welcome, NC, Bonnie Vonstein lived in Winston Salem NC, Washington NC and Lexington NC. Taylor was just 27 years old, a country boy with only four years in the department, but everybody connected with law enforcement in Beaufort County had taken note of him. Pritchard and Henderson are free on bond pending their sentencings. sentence was set aside on October 1, 1992, and he was Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Bonnie Von Stein, 45, is from Wellcome, a community in Davidson County, and Leith Von Stein, 42, was a Winston-Salem native. recovered from the remains of the fire. The producers of this film should be sued for the misrepresentation of copyrighted materials, namely the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players' Handbook. All Rights Reserved. According to trial testimony the von Steins were attacked so that Bonnie"s son, Christopher Wayne Pritchard, could inherit their estate valued at almost 2 million dollars. key and the map to the house where Upchurch had killed Leith Von Stein. released on TV in April 1992 under the name Honor Thy Mother. With that card, the word ``Lawson' could be compared with the same word on the map. caught a lucky break when a hog farmer happened to spot a fire in the Detectives assigned to the case learned that Lieth had had a poor relationship with his two stepchildren, Angela and her older brother, Chris, both of whom were known drug users. There, lessons of , The much-faster-than-expected economic recovery thats followed the easing of the coronavirus pandemic has produced several encouraging develo. In the aftermath of the murder and subsequent sentencing of three young men for their parts in the murder, assault and other related crimes, two books and two made-for-television movies about the case were released. Perhaps Chris and his friends had become so obsessed with the game that they were enacting it in real life. Chris was his obvious beginning point. Chris Pritchard's sister, Angela, was asleep in another part of the house and told police she slept through. Bonnie Stein, nee Heller, age 59, passed away after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. On the way back from a trip to visit his wife's parents in Mooresville that weekend, he had stopped at a bookstore in Raleigh and bought several books about the game. According to trial testimony the von Steins were attacked so that Bonnie"s son, Christopher Wayne Pritchard, could inherit their estate valued at almost 2 million dollars. And John Taylor had a good idea of who that might have been. 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